Description
Carillon pour un ange is the eleventh fragrance by Andy and the second in the Homage collection. The fragrance is inspired by lily-of-the-valley, Andy’s favorite flower and the very reason for Andy to become a perfumer. He made it at last, after years of work.
“Building a fragrance with lily of the valley singing in spring was a wish since I started making perfumes. Carillon pour un ange is my tribute to this wonderful forest treasure. It is a green choir of flowers. Enjoy!”
The composition includes: rose, ylang, lilac, lily of the valley, jasmine, leather, ambergris, moss, woods.
Carillon pour un ange was launched in 2010. The nose behind this fragrance is Andy Tauer.
brunetka-spb – :
Extremely beautiful scent. This manages to be a photorealistic floral and very otherworldly, angelic, ethereal, fairy-tale-like at the same time. I can see the flowers and the spring-early summer forest and the wings of an angel in the air. I mean, the angel really is included in this perfume.
I’ve got a sample from my Tauer discovery set, and if I didn’t have a limited budget, I would buy a full bottle of this beauty. However, this angelic imagery is not so much like “me” that I would take the splurge now.
Performance: The sillage is moderate or heavy at the most, but the word “heavy” just does not apply to this scent at all. The overall “appearance” is quite thin, like an angel or ghost flying in the air, so I’d say this is an inoffensive, yet noticeable, fragrance. Long-lasting. Highly recommended to anyone who is into this type of scents. You will get your money’s worth.
Edit. OMG. The dry down was still on its way while I wrote the review above. It’s absolutely divine and it actually gains some strength towards the dry down. Soft suede leather, moss, woods, some ylang ylang. Somehow I get a distant resemblance to Cristalle edp which I love. Wonderful!
chloevkk12 – :
This is the most beautiful , stunning, strong , long lasting, intoxicating floral chypre I’ve ever had the pleasure of owning. It’s even better than my beloved chanel No. 19 . This perfume is hard to describe. It’s green , cold and warm at the same time. I think the warmness comes from the ambergis and ylang. It opens with a strong Lily of the valley oakmoss and lilac. I don’t even like lilac but in this perfume I do. Next the leather and rose joins in. The rose is a fading, withering rose and the leather smells like a luxury hand bag. The scent is slightly soapy, green, warm, cold …. so unique. The sillage is outstanding and longevity is 24 hours. I’ve never known a green scent that lasted this long or was so intense.
Deeva – :
Work of art. I dislike lily of the valley, lilac and green notes A LOT, usually these are too cold and too sharp for me. However this perfume is incredibly well-balanced, unique and pretty. Extraordinary.
Vovan60771 – :
This is work of art, olfactive miracle and out of this world! Weird, attractive, magical…Smell of the magic forest.
naruto263915 – :
I had given up looking for a scent that smells exactly like wildflowers in a forest. But, I found it.
Yes, the opening is very green. Like traipsing through a field, crushing vegetation under your feet. I can understand why people don’t like the opening, but I actually enjoy it, though I’m glad it dries down within minutes.
For the next two hours it smells, as I mentioned exactly like wildflowers in a (deciduous) forest. Photorealistic and perfect. The heady aroma of lily of the valley is the strongest with fresh greens, mosses and woods underlying everything.
As it dries down it does become much more leathery. I’m not a leather scent person, but the leather with the sweet floral is a really nice combination and actually made me realize how much of a leathery scent it naturally part of flowers in the forest. Still, I wish it spent more time in the heart notes and respraying every 2 hours doesn’t seem reasonable.
PILAINLUX-) – :
Extraordinary and beautiful. I bought a bottle of Carillon pour un ange very hastily and thought I made a mistake a first. The green and watery impression I percieved in the opening sold me at the perfume shop but the overall monster strength of this potion at home had me nervous to spray it on my skin. The key is to not judge this perfume by smelling it from the bottle or a test strip. And also don’t apply this one to your skin like you would an Olivia Giacobetti or a Geza Schoen. This is a grande dame kind of perfume in the great old style when perfume was dabbed on pulse points and then bloomed gloriously on the skin for a fortnight. I spray once into the air and wave my left wrist through the mist and then repeat on my right side. That’s all it takes to smell like an angel for the next 12 plus hours. At my desk with my arms a foot away from my nose, lily of the valley and a mossy leather base waft upwards at me all day. I feel instantly clean and pristine when I wear this and I have no regrets about purchasing a full bottle.
yug679speagoessenda – :
I imagine this must be heaven for lovers of lily-of-the-valley and lilac. I sadly often get overwhelmed by these flowers, I have in fact never quite cared for them even in their real, flowery forms, so this is a no-go for me. Sillage: atomic. Longevity: the half-life of radioactive waste.
fackir35 – :
A sharp, bright opening gives way to a soft floral heart with just a touch of leather to keep things interesting. Andy’s trademark earthy dry down adds warmth and some heft. On my skin, the lily of valley isn’t dominant; it’s a floral symphony, ever so slightly indolic. Massive silage and longevity, over 12 hours.
Gusqofjc – :
Heaven, I’m in heaven… it’s going to be really hard to bother with any other perfumes now after this! I’m so full of joy just sitting here smelling it develop on my skin. It’s like this was made for my skin type.
I don’t want to eat, I don’t want to sleep, I just want to sit here drinking in this odour which is the best perfume I have ever smelled in my life. I don’t know how I’m ever going to want any of my other perfumes ever again now. I’ve a bottle of Guerlain Mitsouko on it’s way to me in the post. How can I possibly want to smell it now?
So yes, I’m now Tauer’s biggest fan. I just feel woozy sitting here and smelling this olfactory perfection.
korol-98 – :
Am I the only one that got a slightly MELON vibe off the top? I love it, but me and melon don’t mesh too well all the time. Definitely different blend for Tauer……great to have a great start with them in variety!
mercom91186 – :
Carillon pour un Ange is, hands down, my favorite Tauer and quite possibly my favorite perfume on the planet.
If you’re looking for photorealistic lily of the valley, you aren’t going to find it here. Carillon is so much more. It’s green, sharply, unabashedly green. The flowers are unmistakeably there, too, not just the blossoms, but stems, leaves, roots and earth. It smells like a forest glade on a clear spring morning, high grass, damp earth, lush, dewy flowers frantically growing and blooming. Or like that April day when you lift your head up while walking in the street and suddenly realise that all the trees leafed out overnight.
Andy Tauer did not just create a perfect lily of the valley fragrance. He created an ode to spring. A true masterpiece.
vigor333 – :
Carillon pour un Ange is a perfumer’s perfume. It’s all about lily of the valley – and there is nothing more technically challenging for a perfumer than the perfect lily of the valley note. It can’t be extracted from the plant itself, so it has to be assembled, chemical by chemical, from the perfumer’s imagination.
Countless perfumers have been seduced by that challenge. The greatest perfumer of the 20th century, Jacques Guerlain, was so obsessed with idea that he created and refined numerous muguet compositions. Guerlain’s muguets became an annual tradition.
Given that history, it’s little surprise that Andy Tauer – eccentric chemist and auto-didactic perfumer savant – would be seduced by the same idea. And he has not merely been seduced by that brief; he has utterly nailed it.
Carillon behaves like a vintage perfume. On first application, it is almost unbearably screechy. Harsh, bitter green notes assault the nose, with a distinctive ‘stink bug’ accord. Give it an hour, however, and its beautiful lily of the valley note unfurls. And beautiful it is. Lush, verdant, full-bodied – it evokes a spring sun-shower; dripping leaves; beads of water on waxy white petals; damp soil; cool, humid air.
Further into the dry down, sweet ambergris rounds out the initially harsh green notes. The longevity is monstrous, and the sillage is epic, even in cool weather.
Carillon is not merely a beautiful muguet. It is not merely a beautiful green floral. It is nothing short of a masterpiece.
Is it my perfect green? No. But as a work of art, it’d be impossible to surpass.
burundukk88 – :
Spring flower explotion! To me lilac is one of the best scents in nature after wild strawberries and real mexican vanilla. The lilac is totally overpowered by the lily-of-the-valley, greenness, and perhaps also jasmin the first hours. After that it plays along with the l-o-t-v, woods and ambergris. A bit harsh the first hour, but not too screamy. It’s a lovely scent, but I wont wear it myself many times. I think I would like my mother to smell this way in the spring/summer.
bah – :
I initially did not like this scent. It has a pretty difficult opening that takes some getting used to. The opening juxtaposes sickly sweet florals with bitter green and woods. The dry down is less bitter and the floral sweetness dominates which with all the floral notes listed combined smell like a full blooming, overgrown, spring garden. If flowers could be considered overripe, this scent would be depicting of that, and it is because of this scent I finally understand the term “indolic” even though I have been a long-time white floral lover. This scent is grotesquely beautiful in how naturalistic and alive it smells. Perfumery is interesting, although not always pretty, when it succeeds in transporting the mind somewhere almost tangible in memory.
axenkaien – :
i have re-read all bad reviews here, and with some of them i shared a view. in the sample package, this was the least fav scent. but i knew that i need to wait, and try again. and yup, that is how it is. today i am sniffing myself all the time. this scent is what name says – carillon pour un ange. point. it is wonderful, feminine, original, special…
Hygar – :
I heard “green” and “bitter” and “floral” and I thought, sign me up! But what I got was an opening that reminded me quite viscerally of the smell of week-old grass clippings in full sun, with perhaps a tinge of lawnmower fuel in there, too — a hot, rotting, herbaceous smell that completely obscured any floral notes. After a bit, there were flowers poaching somewhere in there, but they were the kind that have been sitting in a water glass in a sunny window for several days — not “fresh” as I have heard this fragrance described. I waited for something else to happen, but finally washed it off. Or, some of it off, because it lingered even after a brisk scrubbing with soap. The fragrance, post-scrub, is interesting, if not lovable. I do love several other Tauer scents enormously. But this one would take some serious patience for me to connect with it.
zdorovcov – :
This strikes me as the type of perfume that you’d either love or hate. It’d be hard to feel neutrally about this one.
Carillon pour un ange is like sticking your entire face into a bouquet of flowers. It’s strikingly realistic with no real notes to offset the sharp freshness of the greenery. It is sweet, bright, and will certainly perk you up.
Would I buy a full bottle? No, probably not. While it is a lovely scent, it’s not my taste. But if you love truly floral scents that smell like you really are in a garden, then give this one a try.
Spimbigma – :
It’s dramatic and high-art flower perfume and I think,not for everyone. I can understand why some people don’t like this heaven. Because, hard to understand in first step and you have to spent the time with this. Andy Tauer amazing perfumer and he has fantastic imagination. I just love it and when I apply on me I’m in the heaven!
vanes_neo – :
Amazing! Tauer’s first blasts are incredible.
First spritz out of the sample spray, I get an animalic green, the natural smell of spring green florals: lilac, hyacinth, lily of the valley. Yes, there IS a bit of of that sweet rot that characterisizes lush environments (think: non-coconutty tropics). A tiny bit of dirt, a lot of moisture.
This is early spring (April) incarnate.
Tauer truly is a genius, particularly for a more thoughtful, sophisticated nose.
Update: Just purchased a full bottle, so could spray more “liberally,” which I put in quotes since this is a two-squirt max. Put in cleavage, the heat source moves a single spray swirling around your personal planet.
There’s an indescribable note in this that had me baffled (described above as animalic green). Then I looked at the list of notes and there it was: the pungent ambergris – animalic, slightly salty with an orris vibe (in the days before animal byproduct hoarding, er, regulation, I had a tiny vial of 10% ambergris. It was as described, plus “plump” and with a bite). Very unique!!
dizar – :
I have never been so shocked by a fragrance before. This is so dramatically different from what the reviews make it out to be. Honestly, this is probably one of the harshest, most synthetic, and most overpoweringly unpleasant perfumes I’ve encountered. A cacophonous brew of weeds, smelling salts, and detergent factory runoff that just won’t quit. A step above the vile Eau d’Epices, but certainly on a totally different level than the wonderful hippie perfection that is L’Air du Desert Marocain.
dndrus – :
“Carillon pour un ange”…what a beautiful name for such an amazing fragrance! It’s aroma is so green, pure, that it feels like you are listening to an angel with golden hair lightly touching the carillon’s little bells. The song he plays accompanies bird songs, who chirp cheerfuly.
It cannot sing in another place but the Garden of Eden, where lily of the valleys grow unhindered through the fresh grass and the blooming lilac and expand their fragile arms towards the diligent bees. On the trees moss, small raindrops rest before the sun rays take them as a tribute.
The roses are yellow, so yellow that for a moment amazemnet can be read in you eyes, as you do not know whether the Sun broke pieces from its body and throwed them in the Garden.
I think that for the creation of this perfume, flowers gave up their sap and blended it toghether in order to create such a wonderful scent.
“Carillon pour un ange” smells like life, like Earth loved by the Sun and people loved by God.
Junglebealss – :
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this. It has really sharp opening notes – when I first opened it, I thought “Wow – NOW I’m awake!” But after I spritzed some on, it quickly became warm and inviting. I once heard a fragrance described as a “corrupted Floral” fragrance. I thought that was unusual, until I experienced Carrillon. I love the uniqueness of the underlying “corruptness” of the fragrance – possibly from the ambergris? It provides a fecundity that makes this scent original and intriguing. I love a scent with lots of layers and I love the scent of walking through the woods in the early spring, which is what this reminds me of.
badgo – :
So many bad reviews…i find this just lovely specially for summer and spring. When you first spry it you get a big blast a bitter green bunch of lilacs, and to me there’s some hyacinth tho it is not listed. Then the perfume dries down to a beautiful celestial clean lilac, slightly powdery. The scent evokes to me at this stage a light baby blue color..like very pure, very innocent, very clean and pleasant. However Tauer has paired this soft bright luminous scent with his signature ambergris base, which i can understand not everyone love…because it certainly is a discordant combo, but to me it happens to work beautifully giving some depth with kind of a feel like skin, but better, making the green lilac tie quite well with our actual skin. It also adds quite a lot of longevity to he mix. I can also feel the ylang there..to me it is the same ylang that you can find in Nuit de Noel by Caron..and no, the fragrances themselves are nothing alike, but the ylang is portrayed in both featuring it’s most creamy almost oily side, which gives to the perfume kind of an animalic feel laying underneath the clean powder, the bright lilac..somewhere deeper with the ambergris.
Oh! i forgot to mention. The overall effect is a very clean natural smelling lilac. It smells very very natural to me, like when you grab some flower from the countryside..when you smell it you get the perfume of the flower, but also the bitter greenness, etc etc.
Lovely!! But i can see why it is a bit of a hard perfume to like.
kj29920sf – :
CPUA smells extremely natural to me, it’s not “artificial” or “perfumey” in the slightest!
For a “Floral Green”, it is also surprisingly unisex smelling,
probably thanks to the heavy use of oakmoss, wood and leather notes.
Unfortunately though, this is the only good points I’m able to give this scent.
First off, CPUA is a contradiction as it is both natural, and at the same time abstract.
It’s got a very pungent, heady “green” aroma.
We have crushed leaves, coupled with an earthy leather note, that’s all topped off with incredibly “screechy”, white flowers.
Kinda like the feeling of getting soap in your mouth.
This scent has gathered some very negative reactions I see, and since I’m always too curious for my own good I just had to go smell it!
The combo of green notes, leather and moss are almost certainly to blame for the dislikes.
Seriously though, what went wrong here?
It def. smells a lot more “dirty” green than “clean” white, which lotv and lilac usually translate as to my nose.
It smells sort of bitter and balmy actually.
Almost poisonous, (which lotv is)!
It’s not a fresh and happy green at all, it is pungent, almost earthy.
The scent of sadness and decay.
In my experience, the combination of notes in CPUA gave off a scent extremely reminiscent of slugs!
NOT a thing I want to be smelling like!
I don’t know if you have them in other parts of the world, but here in Norway you have these big, slimy, slugs (without shells) that lives on the moist forest floor.
They are mostly black in color, but some are brown or green.
They usually pop up everywhere as the weather gets moist and cloudy.
Whatever it is that makes up this note is probably to blame for the dislike.
It does smell extremely “natural” though, I’ll give it that!
Seriously, go outside in spring/summer and roll down a flowery hill, this is what your clothes will smell like afterwards-
soil, crushed flowers, bugs and grass.
Also, kinda smells like the hands of someone whos been digging around in a flowerbed all day, then washing them with a strongly scented, floral soap.
It actually does redeem itself a little bit as it begins to dry down.
The slug note seems to be swallowed up by the pungent green notes, and now it mostly smells like an extremely “green” lotv.
It actually smells (rather) nice at this point, like someone picking a boquet of lotv in a mossy forest after a thunderstorm, all the while wearing leather gloves.
EDIT:
Three hours later, It saddens me to say, the rotten slug note has risen from it’s grave!
I was so hoping that this nasty note had disappeared for good, but I catch a whiff, and there it is!
Full force, stronger than ever.
Made me gag for real.
Seriously, I can’t tell for sure what it is in this perfume that gives off this dreaded scent, but I for sure have never encountered anything similar in any other fragrance.
I completely agree with Carnation and lovingthealien.
CPUA is the only scent reaching scrubber status for me as of yet.
That note.. It’s just VILE!
No other words to describe it, really!
Even Dans Tes Bras by Frederic Malle was less of a challenge.
I’m terribly sorry Tauer, but I can’t stand this one bit.
sasha_himy – :
I was surprised to see the vehement reviews below, because I love this perfume, although I agree that the opening is severe.
I think Carrillon is a sleek greenfloral perfume with a beautiful, complicated accord of lotv (dominant) + (hints of) leather, and another beautiful, more typical one of oakmoss (dominant) + (hints of) rose. This perfume can be initially challenging: a stomach-churning opening, a texture so sleek it’s almost waxy, stunning sillage. The perfume isn’t gentle in mood, either; I’m reminded of a spring afternoon of high winds, riding horseback across a heavily fragrant, forested mountainside with a slippery floor. This waxiness, though, isn’t amateur – it’s just different. Tauer is indie, right? So, to compare perfume to music, I know that when I listen to Mogwai’s “Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will” I’m not going to hear a Celine Dion-style production. I appreciate those perfumeurs who shun the mainstream and create their own style – who don’t aim to please with traditional creations.
(Floral Green is a small perfume group compared to Orientals or strict Florals, and some Floral Greens are closer to Green than to Floral. There are those who don’t like this group. I personally think my own familiarity with and penchant for the often-complicated Chypre group make it easier for me to handle Greens.)
I agree with the reviewer who finds Carrillon addictive – I crave the beautiful relief the perfume gives me 60 seconds after I first apply. That’s a wonderful experience. When I visit NYC in November, I’m planning on purchasing a full-bottle at MIN.
Rock on, Andy.
(p.s. Boyfriend – who *very rarely* indicates he likes my perfume without prompting, and who often *shudders* when I wear my beloved Guerlains, is *all about* Carillon: “what’s that scent? Is that you? Mmmm… You smell good,” then hours later, sniffing, “pretty..”. Plus I received some more affection the second time I wore it.
leoneco – :
Pleasant floral scent, unforgettable from the first spray, imagine reading a book set in a spring garden. Absolutely love at first sight. Another masterpiece of Mr.Tauer. 10/10
dahaka47 – :
This stuff is horrifically awful. Just terrible. I can’t bear it, it actually makes my tongue tingle. I can taste it. It’s weird air freshner with something medicinal and an unrelenting CLEAN note with tiny tiny whiffs of lily of the valley peeping through occasionally. No lilac ( and I grew up with lilac), no rose. Just a chemical industrial stew. Maybe it’s being ironic? Maybe my nose is uneducated.
Not for me. Do NOT blind buy!
litvinson_off – :
This is simply addictive. It is far and away the best Lily of the Valley Scent in the world (in my humble opinion), and although expensive, lasts around 14 hours. It is like a green sanctuary, clean and pure and green.
At first I thought it was pleasant and lovely, but I have seriously fallen in love with it and feel compelled to save for a full bottle. Total heaven. Like nature in a bottle.
rua659JeomiWogkig – :
This perfume is nothing like I was hoping it would be. It smells mostly like a green, very bitter herb, almost identical to cow parsnip, which makes me extremely nauseous after tasting only a tiny bit. A true, freshly bloomed lily-of-the-valley is in the background somewhere, desperately trying to peek out from under the 6-ft-tall cow parsnip patch. I find this perfume to be utterly intolerable, sorry. I am actually having chest pains now, the smell is so disturbing to me, and will need to wash it off immediately. Such a physiological reaction has never occurred with any other perfume in my whole life. I know everyone else sees this as a masterpiece, but I would highly advise anyone considering this perfume to test first.
Freevvalker – :
Once I read an interview where A.T. said that Diorissimo – for him – was the best perfume ever created and that he loved smelling it only from the bottle (but not wearing it, I suppose). When I came towards ‘Carillon’, even though I was aware of Tauer’s high degree of invention and creativity as well, I was ingenuously awaiting I would have found something ‘à la Diorissimo’: big mistake! Yes, even here you find lilly of the valley, of course jasmine, not to mention lilac or ylang-ylang and…stop! This is another matter, a completly different one: the atmosphere ‘Carillon’ evokes is that of a forest it makes me think at the enchanted wood in ‘Midsummer night’s dream’; a place of enchantment of course but not too fairy-tailish: it’s a wood in the night where the gentle lily and jasmin – though evident – are the minor companions of oak moss and woods that I better detect both on my skin and by my nose as well. The composition is and recalls you, mainly, the ‘green’, shadowy ‘location’ you search for the right position you’re looking for before planting your lillies of the valley (while in bulbs, better!), if you had to arrange them in a garden.
Sorry for my gardenist enthusiasm!
Long, lovely lasting.
A real treasure.
Locker – :
perfect for spring and stunning magic
nijna01 – :
Thanks to various reviews in fragrantica I learned first about Andy Tauer. I ordered a box of five samples and included was also a little card with the description and drenched in Carillon pour un ange. Well, I have not yet tried the five samples because I keep sniffing at Carillon. This is an amazing fragrance. A true masterpiece! Run for it!
fesflerty – :
I am no fan of citric perfumes, or indeed anything that fits into the cologne category; light and refreshing is just not what I look for in a perfume.
However, ever since my recent breakthrough that was Iris Silver Mist, I have come to ask myself why white floral compositions are not sought out as alternatives to fresh citric colognes, and, more to the point, why there is very little out there to challenge the time-worn association of this particular group, the lilies in all their variations, with nostalgic “old lady” fragrances.
Whilst Flechier’s Lys Mediterranee is a gentle but focused perfume that accurately describes that serene air of a lily-filled room, Tauer takes the theme one step further.
Smooth herbaceous notes convert this lily into an immaculate green blend with an intoxicating leather aspect that I can’t get enough of. This addition also saves the perfume from a cloying sickliness that is there in the real-life flower. The result is of a suave and indulgent romance that reminds me of the addictive Lumière Noire pour Homme.
Here is a floral leather: not in the sense that it describes the smell of luxury goods, but rather that the suedey, almost rubbery texture of real lily petals is so tangible.
As opposed to many old lady muguets, Tauer’s remarkable new proposition depicts this elegant flower in a way that defies gender as ISM does: Carrillon is simply bright, optimistic and mouthwateringly delicious.
Snobbigneve – :
Carillon Pour An Angel is pure sophistication. An incredibly refined blend of cut crass, other green notes and delicate florals (mainly muguet, but also lilac and jasmine) that strikes as a solid work of art and takes the distance from most fragrances in the same vein. Basically this is muguet as I never smelled it…delicate, extremely natural with a strong spring vibe that’s typical to this flower. Soft leather hints and a slight mossy feel add the right amount of consistency to this ethereal composition, What really fascinates me about this fragrance is Tauer’s ability to captivate all the mesmerizing aspects of the Lily Of The Valley which turn this flower to be one of the prettiest, but at the same time one of the most poisonous, around.
Carillon Pour An Angel is uplifting, comforting and souave but at the same time it hits with a remarkable presence and longevity and a subtle dose of healthy malice. Perfect for spring wear.
A new landmark in soliflore perfumery.
Rating: 8.5/10
andrewgrin – :
Carillon pour un Ange hits me like an olfactory epiphany. It is utterly captivating, ravishing. I can’t stop taking long, slow inspirations of it.
There are the notes, the muguet (earthy, oily, creamy, strangely autumnal) so distinct from the light, pretty muguets I’ve smelled before. The muguet is the lead-in to the leather, the fresh, piercing green, and the vaguely composted forest brown. But it’s really the tones, not the notes. I get a strong musical sense of a precise, high-pitched harmony and a series of bass chords that obviate the need for a middle range. The high and the low pitches create a particular, perfect balance.
Artists’ quotes for press releases, like after-show discussion with directors/choreographers/composers make me want to bolt for the exit. Show me your work, don’t try to talk me into it. Refreshingly different, Andy Tauer’s humble statements to the effect of, ‘This my tribute to the lily of the valley. I hope you’ll dig it’ (my paraphrase) makes me appreciate his work all the more.
Artistically significant and breath-takingly beautiful. From my experience of the arts, not a common enough occurrence.
DokuchMaN – :
I am happy to see young Andy Tauer having the heavenly inspiration of the past great masters of perfumery. It’s a blessing for all of us. Like all his creations Carillon pour un Ange develops minute after minute. In certain moments it reminds me of the beautiful Aprés l’Ondée but less naif, more modern. It’s a multifaceted scent and you can achieve it only with great artistry. Thanks Mr Tauer!!
covalchuckmaks – :
Sharp, spring flowers pushing violently against the last of winter. Loved the previous review about the Snow Queen in the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe – a perfect marraige. Definitely an early Spring scent with the threat of snow still in the air.
Stattwemy – :
A dense thicket of moonlit white flowers. A forbidden, ever so sweet but green poisonous flower that says admire but keep your distance. Enchanting and magical. This is the scent The Snow Queen of the Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe would wear.
A very powerful fragrance with an odd cooling effect on the senses.
jokerrif – :
Carrillon pour un ange does open with a bright blast of green. I assume this is from a combination of the ylang and oak moss. I like it. It reminds me of East Texas in the spring, when all of the wildflowers are blooming and the fragrant new grass is growing high.
After a bit, the green calms down but never completely retreats, and the jasmine and lovely LOV come to the forefront. I love the way that Andy blended this scent, because the jasmine (which is not my favorite note) never overwhelms and is in perfect harmony with the LOV.
The dry drown with its leather note is wonderful.
This, like all Tauer fragrances is parfum,and you only need a few drops. The longevity is outstanding.
Carrillon pour un ange is beautiful, fresh, spring-like wonder.
aldomnin – :
I was lucky enough to win this beauty . When I first applied it the rose note was strongest . After about an hour the gorgeous green notes came in . It is not obviously Lily of the Valley but like Spring has invaded your home. It’s sillage and longevity are amazing . A masterpiece with such a lovely name.
iluha1357 – :
Hmm, an initial finger dab on the back of my hand a while ago yielded a positive reaction so while digging through my samples today I thought I would give myself a treat.
4 finger dabs per wrist later and I am slowly suffocating under the ponderous weight of thousands of sweetly fragrant vines.
Like Diorissimo, the LOV here is relentless and seems to grow in volume with each passing millisecond. I have rinsed my wrists twice now trying to tone it down to an enjoyable level but the unwieldy little beast is still going strong.
If you like LOV and can handle Diorissimo then I think you may enjoy Carrillon pour un Ange as well. For me though, it has put me off my food and that is a deal breaker!
Xeroxdvtcx – :
I was the extremely fortunate recipient of a bottle of CARILLON POUR UN ANGE not too long ago–thank you Fragrantica for introducing me to the perfumes of Andy Tauer, and thank you Andy Tauer for being un vrai parfumeur and creating such wonders!
I have worn CARILLON several times now. My very first impression upon receiving the bottle was that this is not really an edp but a perfume. It is labeled “eau de parfum riche,” and that’s no joke. The viscosity, sillage, and longevity are characteristic of a perfume. So the first obvious point is that: a little goes a long, long way. Two tiny sprays and you will be walking